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Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released

The trove of documents is the largest release to date by the Justice Department, and includes thousands of videos and photographs.

 

Alan Feuer

Alan Feuer

At a news conference, Todd Blanche, a top Justice Department official, said the department was releasing three million pages, 2,000 videos and some 180,000 images.

Michael Gold

Michael Gold

The Justice Department said that it had redacted images of every woman in the files it just released except for Ghislaine Maxwell.

Michael Gold

Michael Gold

“We did not redact images of any men,” Blanche said, “unless it was impossible to redact a woman without also redacting a man.”

Michael Gold

Michael Gold

Blanche rattled off reasons that the Justice Department withheld documents, saying that it was permitted to do so under the law passed by Congress last year.

Michael Gold

Michael Gold

The release included files with information that could be used to identify Jeffrey Epstein’s victims or contained their medical information, material depicting child sexual abuse, and material that depicted death or violence.

Alan Feuer

Alan Feuer

Blanche acknowledged that this huge release of materials was unlikely to satisfy the public demand for information about Epstein. But he asserted that Trump had pushed for maximum transparency about the files.

Michael Gold

Michael Gold

The White House “had nothing to do with this review,” Blanche said. He added: “They had no oversight and they did not tell this department how to do our review and what to look for and what to redact or not redact.”

Glenn Thrush

Glenn Thrush

It was noteworthy that Blanche — and not Attorney General Pam Bondi — was answering questions about the Epstein files. The White House has long been frustrated by Bondi’s missteps.

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